Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8510
תֵּל
tel · “mound”
Used 5 times across 3 books
Definition
1) mound, heap, heap of ruins
1a) mound (of ruin-heap of city)
1b) mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)
1a) mound (of ruin-heap of city)
1b) mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)
Where it appears
Deuteronomy1
Joshua2
Jeremiah2
In the text
Deuteronomy 13:17And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;Joshua 8:28And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.Joshua 11:13But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.Jeremiah 30:18Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.Jeremiah 49:2Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.
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